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2006-07: US-Land Banking League, previously known as the DNL (Deutsche Nachwuchs-Liga), experienced something it hadn't seen in six years – a champion from a town other than Mannheim, Germany. The new German champion was none other than the Cologne EC Junior Sharks. Spearheading the way to the championship after a second place finish during the regular season was 17 year-old goalie Timo Pielmeier, who posted a win-loss record of 24-11 in the regular season followed by a 6-0 record in the playoffs. His total of 2070 minutes played easily topped the league, while his 2.17 GAA was tops among goalies who had played at least 20 games during the season. In addition to this impressive achievement at home, Timo represented Germany on the international stage in both the U20 WJC and the U18 WJC, helping Germany remain in the A-group at both competitions. Particularly impressive was his 3-2 victory against Latvia and the 6-3 victory over the Czech Republic at the U18 WJC held in Tampere and Rauma, Finland. Drafted by the San Jose Sharks in the third round of the 2007 NHL Draft, 83rd overall.

2008-09: Traded to the Anaheim Ducks in the deal that brought Travis Moen and Kent Huskins to the San Jose Sharks. Playing for Shawinigan of the QMJHL, he posted a 29-11 record in 43 games. He also registered 2 shutouts, a 2.64 GAA, and a .914 save percentage.2009-10: Of all the goaltending prospects Anaheim has in the minors, Pielmeier Is the only one who hasn’t found trouble getting regular playing time. Assigned to the ECHL Bakersfield Condors.In 57 games, he posted a 27-22-5 record, a 3.29 GAA, and a .883 save percentage.

2010-11: Pielmeier made his NHL debut in a February game against St. Louis, playing the last two periods in relief of Curtis McElhinney. In his only NHL appearance, he allowed 5 goals on 12 shots in the 9-3 loss. Pielmeier spent the majority of the season with AHL Syracuse, splitting time with Jean-Philippe Levasseur. In 37 games with the Crunch, Pielmeier was 16-18 with 1 shutout and had a 3.09 GAA and .906 save percentage. He played two games with ECHL Elmira and was 1-1 with a 3.37 GAA and .873 save percentage.

Future

The CHL Player of the Week for the week ending Jan. 27, 2002 is forwardJason Spezza of the Belleville Bulls of the Ontario Hockey League.

Spezza, selected second overall in last June’s NHL Entry Draft by the OttawaSenators, had a seven-point game against the Sarnia Sting on Jan. 25. Inthree road games this week, Spezza had five goals and five assists as hefigured in on 10 of Belleville’s 13 goals.

Against Sarnia, Spezza fired three goals and added four assists to lead theBulls to a 9-2 victory. The next night in Plymouth, during a 4-3 Bellevilleloss, Spezza added one goal and one assist.

His week ended the next night in Windsor, where he scored the Bulls’ lonegoal in a 3-1 loss to the hometown Spitfires.

Spezza beat out the other league winners, including WHL Player of the Week,forward Justin Kelly of the Saskatoon Blades, and the Quebec Major JuniorHockey league Players of the Week, Michel Ouellet of the Rimouski Oceanic(Offensive) and Eric Lafrance of the Hull Olympiques (Defensive).

The CHL Player of the Week is selected from among the three leagues’nominees and announced in Tuesday’s editions of the CHL Daily News.

The Kings called up Ryan Flinn and gave him his shot. The result has been a shot in the arm for the Kings.

21-year-old Ryan Flinn came to the Kings a week ago. After being scratched against the Ducks, he got his shot last Thursday in a game against Minnesota. His first scrap was with Brad Brown- a tough customer but no heavyweight. The results- a TKO and Brown has not returned to the ice yet. Flinn showed a vicious right as he disposed of Brown. The fight energized the team and the person who should benefit from Flinn’s arrival the most, Ziggy Palffy, scored a short handed goal just minutes later.

After an uneventful game in L.A. against Colorado, Flinn and the Kings took the ice in Denver Monday night and the fans got what they wanted- Scott Parker and Ryan Flinn squared off. Flinn stung Parker with a solid right that did major damage to Parker’s face. Parker kept his face away from Flinn for a few seconds and then threw a couple crushing rights, one that sent Flinn to a knee. A great fight with Parker getting a slight edge, despite the fact he did not skate again the rest of the evening.

Two fights and two impressive showings. Ryan Flinn has inflicted some damage on two NHL tough guys, and stood toe to toe with one of the toughest- Scott Parker. After watching the Kings get pushed around in the first half of the season, it is apparent that Ryan Flinn is the man right now.

If the choice comes down to the three enforcers who have skated for the Kings this season (Flinn, Brennan and Ken Belanger), Flinn has emerged as the clear leader. F Read more»

The USA under 18 team came into Fairfield University and took on the Stags on Sunday night. If not for some great goaltending by the Stag’s Michael Wolfe the score would have been worse than the 2-1 final in favor of Team USA. Wolfe turned away 28 shots including all 17 in the second.

The First period saw Team USA score just fifty seven seconds into the game. It looked like it would be a long night for the Stags. Wolfe settled down and became stronger in net as the night went. Ryan Kesler scored the goal for USA with the assists going to Greg Moore.

In the second period Wolfe was unbeatable as was Team USA’s James Howard. Wolfe turned aside 17 shots and Howard didn’t have to much work and turned aside the only shot he faced in the period. Team USA was unable to score on both of their power play attempts.

Corey Potter added to the Team USA lead when he scored at the 14:24 mark of the third period, with help from Timmy Wallace. The Stags answered right back on a goal by Brian Payant only 14 seconds later. The Stags would pick up the pace and out shot USA 6 to 3.

Team USA was 0 of 4 on the power play, they had 3 penalties for six minutes, and Howard made 11 saves on 12 shots. The Fairfield Stags were 0 of 2 on the power play, they had 5 penalties for 10 minutes, and Wolfe made 28 saves on 30 shots.

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Michael Wolfe – Goaltender – Fairfield University Stags – Strong in net, good side to side movement, well composed under pressure in the lack of defense, quick reflexes.

Some of the prospects in the organisation have progressed well, for example; Stefan Liv, Todd Jackson, Dmitri Bykov, Miroslav Blatak and so on, while others like Ryan Barnes, Alexander Seluyanov have gone the other way. It has been a good first half season for most of the prospects and it has been extremly exciting to watch last years draft picks, Igor Grigorenko, Drew Macintyre and others.

Here it is, take a look and feel free to leave comments at the bottom of the page.

Henrik is THE BEST prospect in the organisation. He has had a tough sophomore year in the Swedish Elite league, but still made the Olympics as a 21 year old thanks to his great performances at the international level. Could be in Detroit next year.

Over the weekend the Leafs 2nd round pick of the 2001 entry draft Karel Pilar saw his first NHL action first against Vancouver and the following day vs Edmonton. As the Buds were slapped around to the tune of 10-2 collectively in those two tilts there wasn’t a whole lot good to say about anything that happened. However, for those out there looking for an easy scapegoat, #29 wasn’t it. Yes, looking at the linescores will tell you that the 24 year old was -2 on the weekend with one hit and one blocked shot, but that presents an incomplete picture at best.

All told Pilar was on the ice for three even handed goals against and one even handed goal for. The first of those was the bad angle shot early in the Canuck game that Curtis Joseph simply whiffed on, deflecting it in his own net. On the second one Pilar can clearly be seen taking his man completely out of the play towards the far corner while Shayne Corson desperately tries to catch up to goalscorer Ed Jovanovski breaking in from the point. In the Edmonton game Pilar was on the ice when Bryan McCabe scored, hence his +1 for part of that contest. That, however, would be wiped out by shoddy coverage by Robert Reichel on Mike Comrie. Again Pilar has his man, but his former Litvinov teammate let the diminutive Edmonton pivot get away from him and the rook took the minus.

What could be seen but was not readily apparent by the linescores was Pilar’s low risk passing game. Outside of one feed across the middle of his own zone that Reichel had to bail him out on against Read more»